Does Germany’s Pro-Iran Deal Diplomatic Offensive Endanger Israel?
Germany's diplomatic corps has embarked on a pro-Iran deal lobbying campaign, attempting to sway Americans by invoking Berlin’s guarantee of Israel’s security. The No. 2 German d...
WikiLeaks
China’s Nuclear Comprador for Iran
Any deal emerging from the Iran nuclear talks is supposed to block all Iran’s pathways to the bomb, or so promises President Obama. So, what does the Obama administration propose to do abou...
Op-eds
Snap-Back: A Journey Through Iranian Sanctions Evasion in Georgia
Two Iranian truck drivers sat idly in the parking area of the Poti Free Industrial Zone(FIZ), waiting for customs authoriti...
Op-eds
Slow Release
A few more documents from the bin Laden raid are finally revealed. They do not flatter the judgment of the Obama administration.
Op-eds
Lesson Of An Iran Sanctions Saga In Seoul
SEOUL — If international sanctions on Iran are lifted pronto — a condition Iran is demanding as part of any nuclear deal — how hard might it be to reimpose them, in the likely e...
Op-eds
How Iran and North Korea Became Cyber-Terror Buddies
In late November 2014, cyber-warfare burst into the American public consciousness when Sony Pictures Entertainment was the victim of a massive cyber-attack. Hackers leaked Sony’s corporate...
Op-eds
The Disinformation Age
Walter Cronkite, the great CBS anchorman from 1962 to 1981, was called “the most trusted man in America” — and polling supported that claim. He’d conclude his CBS Even...
Op-eds
The Anatomy of an Evolving Threat: Publication of Classified Information
Fast-paced technological advances have, for decades, been causing wrenching changes to national security and international affairs that are generally unappreciated until a crisis arrives. And eve...
Op-eds
Iran’s Worrisome Shipping News
Bravo to the European Union, whose authorities are seeking ways to maintain sanctions on Iran's national cargo...
Op-eds
Nobel Peace Charade
Surely the Norwegian Nobel Committee meant well in awarding this year’s Peace Prize to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). But for all the courage of OPCW inspe...
Op-eds
Syria’s Pals at the Chemical Weapons Convention
With Russia on his side, Syria’s President Bashar Assad has now agreed to sign on to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which is meant to eliminate chemical weapons from the world once...
Op-eds
Iran and African Uranium
By Zachary Elkaim The Zimbabwean government recently issued a denial of a Times of London...
Policy Briefs
The Costs and Benefits of the NSA
Should Americans fear the possible abuse of the intercept power of the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Maryland? Absolutely. In the midst of the unfolding scandal at the IRS, we understan...
Op-eds
Haqqani Network’s Taj Mir Jawad Subgroup Targeted in Raid
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces targeted "a high-profile attack facilitator" for the Taj Mir Jawad Network during a raid in eastern Afghanistan yesterday. Taj Mir Jawad is a senior...
Op-eds
Israeli Air Force Intercepts Hezbollah Drone Off Coast of Israel
By David Barnett The Israeli Air Force (IAF) intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) this afternoon. The drone, which Israeli officials say belonged to Hezbollah and took o...
Op-eds
Is Jemima Khan Using Relativism to Defend Polygamy?
Back at the Sunday Times, Jemima Khan writes that polygamy is on the rise among Muslims in Great Britain....
Op-eds
Breaking the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nexus
Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, and Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade...
Op-eds
Breaking the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nexus
Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, and Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade...
Legislative Testimonies
Iran’s Drug Problem
For years, Iran has marketed itself as a frontline state in the war against the drug lords. Recently the New York Times even described the regime in Tehran as the “West’s sta...
Op-eds
Obama Must Deal with Egypt and Iran
President Obama has quite a problem with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. At the State Department briefing Thursday afternoon, deputy press secretary Mark Toner danced around repeated questions...